# Incident 20231111017139I: Cessna 182T, Danbury, CT, November 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2023, 16:10 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3552L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3552L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 766 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231111017139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 11/11/2023 AT 1610 EST UPON LANDING AT DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DXR), CT AFTER TWO SUCCESSFUL APPROACH AND LANDINGS AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT, NY (MGJ) THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT (CFI) STATED THAT WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 THERE WAS NO ISSUES NOTED BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD LEFT INTO THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY STRIKING TWO TAXIWAY LIGHTS WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT STRUT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.   POST INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK WAS HANGING DOWN ON THE GROUND.  FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THAT UPPER ATTACH BOLT WAS MISSING ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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